Dr Zhao Xiaodan

Dr Zhao Xiaodan is currently Senior Research Fellow in National Heart Centre Singapore. Dr Zhao was awarded PhD degree major in Computational Mathematics from Nanyang Technological University. After graduation, she started to embark an interesting and brand new interdisciplinary – medical image postprocessing and analysis and quickly expanded her knowledge into Bioengineering and Translational Medical Imaging.She demonstrated noticeable abilities in building collaborations with local and international researchers and clinicians, yielding 60 journal publications and 90 international conference presentations. She was awarded 1st prize twice in Young Investigator’s Competition in local and international conference, and awarded the National Medical Research Council Open Fund - Young Individual Research Grant (OF-YIRG) in 2019.

• Doctor of Philosophy, Nanyang Technological University, 2013
• Master of Science, Lanzhou University, China, 2009
• Bachelor of Science, Lanzhou University, China, 2006

• 3rd Winner of Oral Presentation, 16th Congress of Asian Society of Cardiovascular Imaging, Indonesia, 2023
• Best Abstract Award, 34th Singapore Cardiac Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore, 2022
• 1st Prize, Young Investigator’s Competition, 22nd ASEAN Federation of Cardiology Congress, Brunei, 2017
• 1st Prize (Clinical), Young Investigator’s Competition, 29th Singapore Cardiac Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore, 2017
• Best Abstract Award, 29th Singapore Cardiac Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore, 2017

Assessment of tricuspiD regurgitation with 4D flow cardioVAscular magNetic resonanCe for clinical dEcision-Making and trEatmeNT planning (ADVANCEMENT), NMRC OF-YIRG (Grant No, MOH-000351), 2019-2023.

1. Right Ventricular Restrictive Physiology Is Associated With Right Ventricular Direct Flow From 4D Flow CMR. Zhao X, Lee PT, Hu L, Tan RS, Chai P, Yeo TJ, Leng S, Ouyang R, Bryant JA, Teo LLS, van der Geest RJ, Yip JW, Tan JL, Zhong Y, Zhong L. JACC Asia. Oct 2024;4(12):912-924.
2. Aortic flow is associated with aging and exercise capacity. Zhao X, Garg P, Assadi H, Tan RS, Chai P, Yeo TJ, Matthews G, Mehmood Z, Leng S, Bryant JA, Teo LLS, Ong CC, Yip JW, Tan JL, van der Geest RJ, Zhong L. Eur Heart J Open. Aug 2023;3(4):oead079.
3. Age- and sex-specific reference values of biventricular flow components and kinetic energy by 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance in healthy subjects. Zhao X, Tan RS, Garg P, Chai P, Leng S, Bryant JA, Teo LLS, Yeo TJ, Fortier MV, Low TT, Ong CC, Zhang S, Van der Geest RJ, Allen JC, Tan TH, Yip JW, Tan JL, Hughes M, Plein S, Westenberg JJM, Zhong L. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. Sep 2023;25(1):50.
4. Right ventricular energetic biomarkers from 4D Flow CMR are associated with exertional capacity in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Zhao X, Leng S, Tan RS, Chai P, Yeo TJ, Bryant JA, Teo LLS, Fortier MV, Ruan W, Low TT, Ong CC, Zhang S, van der Geest RJ, Allen JC, Hughes M, Garg P, Tan TH, Yip JW, Tan JL, Zhong L. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. Dec 2022;24(1):61.
5. Ventricular flow analysis and its association with exertional capacity in repaired tetralogy of Fallot: 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance study. Zhao X, Hu L, Leng S, Tan RS, Chai P, Bryant JA, Teo LLS, Fortier MV, Yeo TJ, Ouyang RZ, Allen JC, Hughes M, Garg P, Zhang S, van der Geest RJ, Yip JW, Tan TH, Tan JL, Zhong Y, Zhong L. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. Jan 2022;24(1):4.
6. Impact of age, sex and ethnicity on intra-cardiac flow components and left ventricular kinetic energy derived from 4D flow CMR. Zhao X, Tan RS, Garg P, Chai P, Leng S, Bryant J, Teo LLS, Ong CC, Geest R, Allen JC, Yip JW, Tan JL, Plein S, Westenberg J, Zhong L. Int J Cardiol. Aug 2021:336:105-112.
7. Reference ranges for left ventricular curvedness and curvedness-based functional indices using cardiovascular magnetic resonance in healthy Asian subjects. Zhao XD, Teo SK, Zhong L, Leng S, Zhang JM, Low R, Allen JC, Koh AS, Su Y, Tan RS. Scientific Reports May 2020;10(1):8465.
8. Left ventricular wall stress is sensitive marker of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with preserved ejection fraction. Zhao XD, Tan RS, Tang HK, Teo SK, Su Y, Wan M, Leng S, Zhang JM, Allen J, Kassab GS, Zhong L. Front Physiol. Mar 2018;9:250.
9. A well-conditioned collocation method using pseudospectral integration matrix. Wang LL, Samson M, Zhao XD. SIAM J Sci Comput. 2014;36(3):A907–A929.
10. Sharp error bounds for Jacobi expansions and Gegenbauer--Gauss quadrature of analytic functions. Zhao XD, Wang LL, Xie Z. SIAM J Numer Anal. 2013;51(3):1443-1469.
11. Fast and accurate computation of time-domain acoustic scattering problems with exact nonreflecting boundary conditions. Wang LL, Wang B, Zhao XD. SIAM J Appl Math. 2012;72(6):1869-1898.